I thought it would be useful to refactor / make changes to Xith WEB Site.

Here's what I noticed (by order of importance) : - The "Intro" page says :

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you can also potentally access the underlying rendering API (usually OpenGL) by directally calling the OpenGL commands

It's not true, it's discussed in Issue #101 - Same thing in the Q1 of the FAQ - In Q5 of the FAQ, it's been said that Xith has a loader interface. It may be true, however none of the loaders use it (apart from ASE loader, maybe) - It would be useful to add a table of loaders capabilities in Q5 :

Extension

Format

Texture

Animation

Special features

Package

ASE

3DS Max ASCII Format

YES

-

TransformGroup trees

com.xith3d.loaders.ase

3DS

3DS Max Binary Format

YES

-

-

org.xith3d.loaders.tds

OBJ

Wavefront OBJ

YES

-

-

org.xith3d.loaders.obj

MD2

Quake 2

YES

YES

-

org.xith3d.loaders.md2

MD3

Quake 3

YES

YES

-

Somewhere in Java Cool Dude's demos

AC3D

AC3D Format

YES

-

-

org.xith3d.loaders.ac3d

- I think the Q on the high resolution timer isn't really useful, but.. - Q9 about features should be replaced by a section in the Tiki that contains the "Features" post content - Q10 isn't useful I think - Q17 should be replaced by an article in the GSG

I could do the suggestions above if and only if I had permissions to modify tiki as I wanted. (Will?)About GSG, I think it would be far better to split it and to give it better visibility. (And also to rename it, because we can write articles that treat advanced aspects of graphic programming, and then Getting Started Guide isn't appropriate).

I'll see if I can do a tutorial "Model loading in Xith3D", showing all the methods of loading different file formats, special features, recommended export options from different programs, and so on.

The Xith3D tiki is editable by all registered users, except designated "title pages". If you think I have mis-categoriesed a page as a "title page" then please tell me. The front page is an example of such a page that should remain that way (to stop vandalism). To get access to the title pages one must simply state their intentions and ask (click on the "Perms" tab when logged in to see article permissions).

What is your Xith.org username? I shall add you to the "Title Page Editors" Group so you can edit those pages.

BTW, There appears to be a bug in tikiwiki when you are logged in - some PHP error messages. Sorry if you get them, but they shouldn't affect the site - I will look into it.

It would be nice to have Java Cool Dude's MD3 loader in the TK project too.

After a few investigations, it seems the mailing list contains only ONE post, by Jens Lehmann, he has never been answered.I think the Xith board on this forum is sufficient, and we don't need a mailing list.

I corrected a few typos in the "Intro" and added the following about directly calling OpenGL commands :

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Note : this functionality has been discussed and is actually in progress

So we need to find a solution (ex. of practical applications : multi-pass rendering) about this problem. (I read in IssueZilla and the compatibility is really an issue if we encourage Xith users to write OpenGL code..)

(About the FAQ admin : Thanks Will, now it works, and a magical little button has appeared : "Edit this FAQ" So it's ok now.)

Added the "happy user feedback" in the "What is Xith3D" Q.Forums links updated.Loaders table added.Several minor corrections and precisions.Removed the questions about the high resolution timer, about the feature "X", and about the ASE Material (replaced by a change in the loaders table)Added an info about JSR-231 in the "Applet" Q.Added a link to the Demos in the "JWS" Q.Added a link to the GSG in the "What is Xith3D" Q.Added the "Is Xith3D stable?" entry.Added the "What are Xith3D performances vs. Java3D?" entry.

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